Ironing-table.



PATENTED JULY 24 '1906.

x No. 826,539.

P. GHRISTIANSEN.

IRONING TABLE.

APPLIQATION FILED JAN. 26. 1905.

WITNESSES.

NEVS

7 combination and cooperative of parts herelnafter thereof on the hue 3 3 o :tain new and useful ed to be turne a UNITED STATES PATENT F ICE.

PETER CHRISTIANSEN, or PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH,

' IRONING'E-TABLL To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETnn-CnJiIsTmNsEN, residing at Pleasant Grove, in the county of Utah andState of .Utah, have invented cer- Improvements'in Ironing-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

' This'invention relates to improvementsin that class of ironing boards or appliances which are adapted to be clamped to the edge of a table and which include a ber or board on sleeves.

separate memwhich to conveniently ron My invention has for its object to provide bolts, in which thesleeve-boa'rdisca a 1c of being firmly supported at one end, an ada t and the said invention consistsln the peculiar arra ement described, pointe out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompany in drawings, in whichc igure 1 is a erspective view of my improved ironing-board attached to a table edge for use andwith the sleeve-board mounted over the main board. dinal section" the line 2 2 of Fig.- 1. Fi 3 1s a cross-section Fig. 2.- Fig. 4 is a detail View showing the sleeveeboard turned back flatwise on the table. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the main board A. f Fig. 6 is a similar view of the leg member B. Fig? 7 is a detail view of the metal bearing orcasting for the board Q, hereinafter referred to.

Fig. 8 1s a perspective view which illustrates a modified form of m invention and Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section thereof, the sleeveboard being shown folded down flat on the table in full lines and over themain board in dotted lines.

In my construction of. irom'ngboard themain board A has an elo ated recess a in its front end, and on its un er'side, u st at the end of the recess, it has metallic bearing-bracket a which is-recessed, as at c to seat on the upper edge of thecombined leg and clamping member B,- and to prevent warpin the board A has the usual metal reinforceands a on the underside, asshown.

Specification of Letters Patent; Application filed January 26, 1905- Serial No. 242,707.

ack flatwi'se upon the tab e';

2 is a longituthereof, taken practically on attache thereto a Patented July 24, 1906.

The combined legland clamping member is of suitable lengt and in practice has 1155 lower end formed with a series of cross' may be sawed off to suit the height of the tac b ing board.

V ahea I) ha a clamping-face I) cut at an obtuse angle tg ghe under side of the leg B, wherebythe'said face I) The u per part of the head I) (bemg that portion that extends over the table edge) is convexed in a substantially semicircular direction, as indicated by 6 the reason for which will presently appear.

member B is seated to engage the table e as shown, and the board A is then dplaced in osition by slipping its notched en over the legB and under the table edge until the metal bracket on the under side engages the upper edge of the leg B, as best shown in Fig when thus positioned the we' ht of the board serves to securely clamp the ead of the leg or member B being manifest from the drawingsthat the of the manner 1n which they are combined and are attached to the table edge, is effected without the use of bolts, screws, or other similarclamping devices, and to remove the ironing a phance it isonly necessa to pull the boar A out from under the tab e edges, when both it and the member B can ily removed] After the parts have been assembled a pin may convenient 'Inembercon which to iron the sleeves of shirts and the said boardA without rembving the body of the shirt from the: sleeve-board C has a with the head portion 0 the member B and is joined theretoin such manner thatany The u per end of the member B terminates In assembling the parts for use the leg or .2, and

clamping of theboard and the leg, by reason be readbeinserted through ap-' ertures in the racket a and through an ap-- erture in the leiB t0, hingedly.connect the (see F'gs'. 1 and 2) and serves-as a which can be fitted over -marks 5 to indicate the line on which the end,

e .to which it is desiredto attach the ironcan be firmly seated against the top of the table, near one edge a thereof, as clearly shown inF s. 1 and 2.

down against the table-top, it

main -board. The, eculiar 'connectlon ber B to the more firmly grip the table ed e,

and for such purpose the inner end of t e board has a metal castin c secured to its under side, which is formed with a semicircular socket c to seat on the semicircular bearing-surface of the head I) of the member B, and the said casting is connected to the head, I) by links c c", that ivotally connect at one end to the inner en of the casting c, and at the other end they pivotally connect with the head I) at .a point eneath the semicircular bearing b By connecting the board C to the head I) in the manner shown it not alone provides for readily swinging the board 0 back flatwise upon the table when not in use, as shown in Fig. 4, but trahsmits the pressure or bearing strain on the board C in the direction indicated by the broken lines w on Fig. 2, and thus materially aids in firmly holding the head I) of the member B to its clamping position and reduces danger of the clamping of the leg and large board A becoming loose to the minimum. 1

Figs. 8 and 9 of the drawings illustrate a modified form of my invention, and this form comprises substantially the arrangement of parts shown in the other figures; but the supplemental board C is connected to the up er end of the leg or brace member B by a dou le hinge H, which consists of the part h, fixedly connected to the upper front edge of the member B, the section h, secured to the front under face of the board 0, and the link If, that pivotally joins with the members h and h, as clearly s 10WI1 in Fig. 9.

By connecting the sleeve-b'oard to the leg member B in the manner shown and described the said sleeve-board C when turned back over the main board will lie flatwise on the upper end of the member B, which in the said modified form of my invention is cut off fiat in a plane parallel with the main board, as at b, and when the board 0 is swung forward upon the table it will by reason of the doublehinge connection lie flatwise on the said table as clearly shown in Fig. 9.

I am aware that ironing appliances capable of being attached to the edge of a table in which the main board and leg are arranged to clamp the table edge are old.

My invention, so far as I know, differentiates from what has been heretofore provided in'this line in the peculiar manner in which the board A and the leg B coo eratively join, the special formation of the ead b, and the manner in which the sleeve-board is connected to said head and has bearingthereon, all of which is defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. An ironing-table of the character described, which comprises a single supportingleg havinga head portion adapted to project over and seat upon the top edge of the table, and whose tableen 'aging portion is in a lane parallel with tile table, a board bifurcated at the front end to straddle the le member, a sleeve-board, and a double-hinged connection that joins the said sleeve-board and the upper end of the leg, the said hinge connection being so arranged that when the sleeve-board is adjusted over the main board it will rest upon the upper end of the leg in a plane parallel with the other board and when adjusted in the opposite direction, it will lie on the table in a plane below the top of the head ortion of the leg member, as set forth.

2. 11 an ironing appliance of the character described; the combination of a single supporting-leg having its upper end formed with a head having ,a clamping-surface to engage the top of a table edge, and whose upper side is convexed, a main board recessed at the front end to straddle the leg member and to reject under the table edge, a supplemental card adapted to be projected over the main board, said supplemental board having a concaved bearing member to seat on the convexed surface of the head of the leg member, and pivotally-secured links that connect the inner end of the sup lemental board with the head portion of the if; at a point beneath the eonvexed bearing-sur ace thereof, as set forth.

PETER CHRISTIANSEN. Witnesses: p

O. C; CHRISTIANSEN,

ALMA OHRISTIANSEN. 

